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Adaptations of Beast in other media
Created byStan Lee
Jack Kirby
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearanceX-Men #1 (September 1963)
Films and television
Film(s)X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Television
show(s)		X-Men (1992)
X-Men: Evolution (2000)
Wolverine and the X-Men (2009)
Games
Video game(s)X-Men Legends (2004)

This is a list of media appearances of Beast.

Television

The Marvel Super Heroes

Beast made his first ever animated appearance on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes episode of The Sub-Mariner with the original X-Men line-up (Angel, Cyclops, Iceman, and Jean Grey).

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Beast appeared, alongside the other original X-Men, in the episode called " The Origin of Iceman" of the animated television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. He was seen only in a flashback in his original form and had no lines.

X-Men and Spider-Man (1990s)

  • Beast was a regular in the original X-Men animated series voiced by George Buza. At the start of the first season, Beast is arrested for the X-Men's raid on the Mutant Control Agency's building. Rather than be broken out by his fellow X-Men, Beast insists on having his day in court to prove mutants are not out-of-control or above the law. However, after his life is saved by the X-Men, Robert Kelly has a change of heart about mutants – his first acts being arranging Beast's bail and pardon. Upon rejoining the team full-time in the second season, Beast takes part in many adventures. One such episode, "Beauty & the Beast" (which detailed Beast and a normal human's mutual romantic interest), won particular acclaim.
  • Buza also voiced Beast in "The Mutant Agenda"/"Mutant's Revenge" two-parter, a crossover with the Spider-Man animated series. He offers Spider-Man advice in seeking a cure for his mutagenic disease and becomes entangled in the Brand Corporation's plot to eradicate mutants. This two-parter establishes that Beast was initially resentful of his mutancy and sought to cure himself, but his efforts led to his blue fur form.

X-Men: Evolution

In X-Men: Evolution, Hank McCoy's (voiced by Michael Kopsa) blue-furred form is the result of a natural mutation. When he attended Bayville school in Bayville, New York, he was approached by Professor Xavier. At the time, though, Hank turned down Xavier's offer of help because he wanted to lead a normal life, and he went on to become a chemistry and gym teacher.
During the years, Hank had managed to suppress his mutation through a serum he developed, but eventually the serum starts to fail, and he eventually loses control and mutates into the "Beast". As the "Beast", he causes massive destruction and becomes a wanted fugitive. After his first transformation, he is able to regain control (with the help of Spyke and Professor X) but became permanently trapped in the physical form of the "Beast", and although he manages to preserve his intelligence and personality, he occasionally feels "bestial" urges welling up inside him which he has to keep in check. Unable to return to his previous life of teaching, he chooses to join Xavier's school and now helps to instruct the New Mutants.

Wolverine and the X-Men

Beast appears in the TV series Wolverine and the X-Men voiced by Fred Tatasciore. Unlike his previous televised incarnations Beast is heavily involved and has made the most appearances in the series as an X-Man other than the titular Wolverine. He is the first X-Man recruited by Wolverine in the series. He was the only X-Man to stay behind after the destruction of the X-Mansion and the disappearance of Professor Xavier. Living in the under-dwellings of the ruins of the mansion, Hank had been researching what happened during the explosion and what might have happened to the Professor. In this series he retains his ape-like appearance, however instead of wearing a pair of briefs and a belt, he wears a uniform similar to the one he wore during Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men run; with a small mix/essence of his X-Men: The Last Stand costume.

X-Men (anime)

Beast also appears in the Marvel Anime version of X-Men. In this incarnation, his physical appearance is a combination of both his simian and feline forms.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Beast makes a cameo appearance - along with Cyclops and Wolverine - in The Avengers episode "Infiltration" on one of the photos of known superbeings pondered over by Nick Fury, who is trying to determine which heroes he can now turn to in the upcoming Skrull invasion.

Non-traditional appearances

In the Robot Chicken episode "Sausage Fest", Beast was among the featured X-Men who died in battle against a Sentinel.

Films

X-Men

Beast was set to appear in X-Men, but was taken out due to make-up problems. His doctor persona was transferred into Jean Grey's character. George Buza, who voiced him in the animated series made a cameo appearance as a truck driver in the beginning of the movie.

X2: X-Men United

Beast appeared in an early draft of X2, but was deleted due to too many characters. However, Dr. Hank McCoy is seen in his normal human appearance in a small cameo played by Steve Bacic. He appears on the television in the bar scene as an authority on human mutation. A deleted scene during the sequence in which Dark Cerebro is set to kill all mutants shows Hank McCoy affected by the machine, causing him to take on his blue-furred simian appearance seen in the next movie.

X-Men: The Last Stand

Full face mugshot of Kelsey Grammer in prosthetics, wig, and blue make up as The Beast.
Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Hank McCoy/The Beast, in X-Men: The Last Stand.

In X-Men: The Last Stand, Kelsey Grammer portrays Dr. Hank McCoy/The Beast. Beast is established as one of the earlier X-Men, and after having graduated from the Institute, he left and became involved in politics, becoming Secretary of Mutant Affairs. He is also confirmed to be a brilliant scientific researcher with vast intelligence and insight into mutant genetics on the official website.[1]

After meeting Leech and the cure is released, he contacts Xavier and informs him of the situation, saying he can understand why some mutants would want to be free of persecution. Once the weaponization of the cure is made without his knowledge, Beast resigns from his position in the government and arrives at Xavier's mansion, where he feels he should be due to his principles. When the Brotherhood makes a move upon Alcatraz Island (the location of the lab which created the cure, as well as young Leech's location), Beast joins the X-Men, donning his old uniform (commenting on how it feels smaller than before), and helps to hold the Brotherhood back. He seems to revert to a more primal nature in the fight, often roaring as well as defeating his opponents with a savage fighting style that even surprises Wolverine. He ultimately injects Magneto with the cure. After the incident, he is made United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

In the novelization of the film, and in an alternate ending on the DVD, he turns this position down and remains at the school as a teacher. A deleted scene shows him breaking the neck of one of the Brotherhood mutants invading Alcatraz Island.

X-Men: First Class

Actor Benjamin Walker was cast as Dr. Hank McCoy/The Beast in X-Men: First Class, however he dropped out of the role to star in the Broadway musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.[2] Nicholas Hoult has replaced Walker in the role.[3] Here, Hank attempts to cure himself with a serum derived from Mystique's DNA, but this causes his transformation into his blue fur feline form. Originally, he possesses only prehensile feet and superhuman speed and agility, but goes on to also exhibit superhuman strength and the ability to roar after the furry transformation. Beast and Mystique are mutually attracted to one another, and he resolves to cure their abnormal appearances, but the serum he develops only manages to increase his mutation rather than suppress it, giving him his familiar simian appearance seen in the comics and augmenting his shame for his mutation. Nevertheless, Beast aids the X-Men in their battle against Sebastian Shaw's Hellfire Club and personally duels Azazel alongside Havok. Though Azazel proves to be more than a match with his teleportation ability, Beast proves to be more physically stronger and finally manages to knock him out thanks to a distraction by Mystique. This version of Beast is said to have graduated from Harvard University at the age of 15, and is the designer of both the original Cerebro and the Blackbird (which he pilots as well). This version of Beast doesn't seem match up to the time line of the first three X-Men films as Beast transforms into his blue furry form in this film but he is shown to be normal in X-Men 2.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Hoult is set to return as Beast in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Video games

  • Beast also appeared in the game X2: Wolverine's Revenge, giving Wolverine a watch which would tell him how much time he had to get an antidote for the Shiva Virus before it killed him.
  • Beast appears as a playable character in X-Men Legends voiced by Richard Doyle. The player can tour his lab when not on a mission.
  • Beast is mentioned in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Weasel referred to him as "the blue ape" during his stay at the X-Mansion. If one speaks to Storm in Valhalla, she mentions that Beast caught Weasel hacking into Cerebro. Beast was one of the X-Men that was defeated by Doctor Doom in the Doom's Day cut-scene.
  • Amongst many other mutants, McCoy is seen going to the new mutant home - Taa II - led by Magneto, in Magneto's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
  • Beast makes a cameo appearance as an ability card in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 as part of the free DLC Heroes and Heralds Mode, by giving the user an increased duration of power-up hypers along with an extension of X-Factor duration.

Toys

  • Beast has appeared in the Marvel Legends toy line in series 4 and in the X-Men Legends box set (with a lab coat and glasses).
  • Beast is in the X-Men Classics toyline by Toy Biz. In series 1, he is available in 2 versions, the cat-face version and the regular-face version, both wearing a "stealth" suit. In series 2, Beast is wearing a "tech-suit" and is available only with the regular-face version.
  • Beast is also in the Marvel Icons twelve-inch (305 mm) action figure line in series 3 with grey fur and a variant blue-furred figure with a lab coat and glasses exists.
  • When Hasbro took over Marvel toys in 2007, the company released an X-Men: The Last Stand (Kelsey Grammer) Beast as part of the Annihilus build-a-figure series.
  • Beast is found wearing his "Astonishing X-Men" costume in Hasbro's Marvel Legends Nemesis Series, which was released in 2009.
  • Beast is the sixteenth figurine in the Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.

Print

  • In the Marvel magazine, Marvel Vision, for most of the series Beast was the supposed author of his self-titled "Beast Files". This series of 2-page articles was perhaps the first time a character in any comic universe was depicted to be keeping detailed profiles on other heroes and villains. This format has been adopted since by many other books, including most notably the Alex Ross series, Justice (DC Comics) which had 2 profiles in each issue during the mini-series' 12 issue run. The files appeared for over 2 years, and the column was voted the fan-favorite. "Beast Files" was actually written by Benny R. Powell.

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Benjamin Walker to Star in Broadway Transfer of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson". Broadway.com. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  3. ^ "Beast and Banshee Cast for X-Men: First Class". Superhero Hype!. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
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